Home People Hezron Hezron was one of the sons of Reuben, Jacob's firstborn son. He was the founder of the clan of the Hezronites and is counted among those who went with Jacob to Egypt. His descendants were recorded as one of the clans in the tribe of Reuben during the census on the plains of Moab.
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Key events Hezron was born as one of the four sons of Reuben, Jacob's firstborn son with Leah.
9 the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; Heb וּבְנֵ֖י רְאוּבֵ֑ן חֲנ֥וֹךְ וּפַלּ֖וּא וְחֶצְר֥וֹן וְכַרְמִֽי׃
Hezron was among Jacob's descendants who went down to Egypt with the whole family when there was famine in Canaan.
8 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn; Heb וְאֵ֨לֶּה שְׁמ֧וֹת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הַבָּאִ֥ים מִצְרַ֖יְמָה יַעֲקֹ֣ב וּבָנָ֑יו בְּכֹ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב רְאוּבֵֽן׃
9 the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; Heb וּבְנֵ֖י רְאוּבֵ֑ן חֲנ֥וֹךְ וּפַלּ֖וּא וְחֶצְר֥וֹן וְכַרְמִֽי׃
Hesjon is recorded in the genealogy of Reuben's sons as part of Israel's twelve tribes.
14 These were the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben. Heb אֵ֖לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֣י בֵית־אֲבֹתָ֑ם בְּנֵ֨י רְאוּבֵ֜ן בְּכֹ֣ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל חֲנ֤וֹךְ וּפַלּוּא֙ חֶצְר֣וֹן וְכַרְמִ֔י אֵ֖לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת רְאוּבֵֽן׃
At the census on the plains of Moab, Hesjon's descendants were registered as the clan of the Hesjonites within the tribe of Reuben.
5 Reuben, Israel's firstborn. The sons of Reuben: from Hanoch, the Hanochite clan; from Pallu, the Palluite clan; Heb רְאוּבֵ֖ן בְּכ֣וֹר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּנֵ֣י רְאוּבֵ֗ן חֲנוֹךְ֙ מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת הַחֲנֹכִ֔י לְפַלּ֕וּא מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַפַּלֻּאִֽי׃
6 from Hezron, the Hezronite clan; from Carmi, the Carmite clan. Heb לְחֶצְרֹ֕ן מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַֽחֶצְרוֹנִ֑י לְכַרְמִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַכַּרְמִֽי׃
Hesjon is recorded in the detailed genealogy of 1 Chronicles as part of the history of the tribe of Reuben.
3 The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. Heb בְּנֵ֥י רְאוּבֵ֖ן בְּכ֣וֹר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל חֲנ֥וֹךְ וּפַלּ֖וּא חֶצְר֥וֹן וְכַרְמִֽי׃
Mentioned in the Bible (1)